Background Low birth weight (BW), small head circumference, reduced length, increased
preterm births and neuro-endocrine dysfunctions are among known consequences of …

To investigate the physiological significance of umbilical plasma leptin in the fetal growth
and its possible origin of production during pregnancy, plasma leptin concentrations in …

Objectives TO determine maternal serum leptin concentrations throughout normal
pregnancy, as well as cord blood leptin concentration, and to correlate serum and cord …

Objective To determine 1. the relationship between maternal serum leptin concentrations
and maternal anthropometry and 2. the relationship between cord serum leptin …

Although circulating leptin and insulin concentration is linked to intrauterine growth, fetal
development and birth weight in full-term infants, there has been no enquiry into the …

Objectives Low early-life leptin concentrations may promote faster weight gain in infancy.
We aimed to examine the associations between cord blood leptin concentrations and …

To investigate the effect of leptin on fetal growth, serum leptin concentrations in venous cord
blood were measured in 82 newborns (male= 43, female= 39, gestational age 36–42 weeks …

The present study was carried out to investigate leptin levels in arterial and venous cord
serum and in amniotic fluid in full-term infants at birth and on the 5th postnatal day to define …

Background There is evidence that South Asian individuals have higher fat mass for a given
weight than Europeans. One study reported that the greater fatness for a given birthweight …

Objective To compare the maternal plasma and umbilical cord blood leptin values in the
prenatal and postnatal periods of women with normal pregnancies and pregnant women …